Wright Air Development Center in Ohio, United States. Air to air hits on MIG-15 aircraft. Supersonic propellers turned by men at test stands. Newspaper headline reads 'Reds invade South Korea'. United States F-86 aircraft in flight and then stationary on ground. A split frame picture shows F-59 dives low, F-86 D stationary, Martin Matador being launched, X-1 aircraft in flight and a document 'Nuclear Powered Aircraft'. An animation on training bases and logistics system. Wind tunnel at Wright airfield. Milling machine in operation at a machine shop. A typist at work, Flight engineer inside B-50 aircraft. Project engineer of B-50 aircraft studies the instruments and records aircraft performance. Aerial views of Wright air field with wind tunnel, Aero Med lab and Wright memorial. A B-47 flies overhead the Wright memorial.
Focuses on Korean War (1950-1953). U.S. 11th Airborne units arrive at Ashiya Air Base to carry out Seoul operations in Korea. Soldiers unload equipment from truck at air base. Sign on building reads 'Ashiya Air Base, Base Operations'. Paratroopers board planes. Plane takes off from runway. Road sign reads 'Kimpo Airdrome Stop Military Police Check Point'. Plane taxis at Kimpo air base in Korea. Men disembark from plane. Wounded soldiers on stretcher taken into plane. Boats are carried out of cargo planes at air base. Air University Commanding General George C Kenney, and Commanding General of Far East Forces (former commander of U.S. forces) Carl Spaatz, arrive at Kimpo air base for inspection. Captured IL-10 plane parked in the background in hangar. Men manning Grumman F7F Tigercat aircraft. F7Fs in flight line.
An International Air Show in Munich, Germany. A boy looking upward at the air show. Formation of German Luftwaffe T-33 aircraft in flight with iron cross symbol on fuselage (post World War 2). American (USAF Skyblazers) F-100 Sabre aircraft in formation. Next, aerial views of the Italian "Getti Tonanti" aircraft team is seen as they perform aerobatics in their Republic f-84f thunderstreak aircraft. Pilot point of view (POV) from inside cockpit of aircraft as it does a complete roll. French Dassault Mystère fighter aircraft (MD.452 Mystère) perform stunts as they leave vapor trails behind. Woman wearing scarf on her hair looks up at the show.
Speed and altitude tests being conducted by X-15 at Edwards Air Force Base, California. X-15 begins a solo flight into the stratosphere. Pilot Scott Crossfield seated in the cockpit of X-15. Mach meter indicator passes Mach two. Radar dish antenna recording the course of flight. Chase planes F-100F and F-104D in flight. NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) officials take recordings on graph and look at radar screens. Pilot converses with the ground crew members. X-15 lands on Rogers Dry Lake in California. Vehicles parked next to the aircraft after its landing in ground.
United States Air Force NB-52A aircraft with X-15 under its wing at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States preparing for its third flight. Vehicles and ground crew next to the aircraft. Pilot Albert Scott Crossfield in space suit. Final tests conducted before the take off. Engineers work on X-15 aircraft. Pilot Crossfield gets into the X-15 cockpit. Boeing NB-52A takes off from the runway with X-15 under its wing for its 3rd flight. Chase planes F-100F and F-104B fly along NB-52A. X-15 release from the mother aircraft and goes upward. Pilot speaks with ground crew members. Fire emergency is noted. Pilot in NB-52A looks from the cockpit window. X-15 heads for an emergency landing at Rosamond lake due to an ignition failure. X-15 lands but suffers a structural break failure on landing at Rosamond Dry Lake in California. Engineers and technicians inspect the aircraft and begin to repair the damage.
Preflight and post flight activities at Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam. Aerial view of Da Nang Air Base and fuel storage tanks on ground. Number of C-123 B Provider, United States Marine Corps F-4B Phantom, C-130B Hercules, Grumman HU-16B Albatross, F-100D Super Sabre and F-104C Starfighter aircraft parked on ground. United States Marine Corps tent area. (Vietnam War period).
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